Whip-socket lock.



E. KURTH.

WHIP SOCKET LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. n, 1916.

L mfimu Patented Jan. 15, 1918.

ATTORNEY INVENTOR EDWARD KURTH, 'OF BLOOMFIELD, NEBRASKA.

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Application filed September 11,1916.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD ,Kun'rrr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bloomfield, in the county of Knox and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in:\Vhipfiocket Locks, of which the following is-a specification.

The present invention has reference, generally,to improvements in whip sockets, and the invention .relates, more particularly to a whip socket lock.

The invention has for its priiicipal aim and objectto provide a whip socket with novel means for releasably holding the whip within a socket, the locking j means being controlled by, a-suitable key so that vvhenthe driver of the vehicle desires toleavethe vehicle he will beable to operate the locking means to effectively retain the whip within the socket and therebyprevent unauthorized persons from stealing the whip, incidentally vsaving the-driver or owner-of the vehicle from loss and inconvenience.

The invention also consists in the provision of a novel sleeve which is to becarried by the whip and cooperate with the locking means-so as to increasethe efficiency of the device ingeneral. i i

More particularly, the present invention embraces improved locking lugs adapted to engage ears on the sleeve andthe socket so as to consequently anchor orhold the Whip within the socket, improved means being also provided for adjusting thel ocking means.

A more specific object of the invention consists in t-heprovision ofa'novel support for the locking lugs as well. as novel means for guiding the lugs when actuating.

Among the other aims and objectsof-the invention may be recited the provision of a device. of the charactermentioned Witha view to compactness,the'number of,parts of which are few, the construction simple, the cost of production low, and the efiiciency h- Other improvements andnovel details'in the construction and arrangement of the various parts of the device will be brought out more in detail -iirtlie=-clescription to follow, which for a clear understanding of the-invention, should be considered in connection Specification of Letters Patent.

rigidly connected within the WHIP-SOCKET LOOK.

'lPatented Jamie, ieie. Serial No. 119,527. v

with the accompanying drawings forming 1 .part thereof and wherein is disclosed for the-purpose of illustration, a convenient and satisfactory embodiment of the inveutiou. It is to be noted, in this connection, that minor changes in the construction andarrangement the parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, OIJQITlDClPlG of theoperation of the various parts.

Figure 1 is a vertical section .of my invention partly in elevation, showing the locking means in an open position. a V

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of my invention showing the locking means in a closed or locked ,position. i

Fig. dis a plan view of the whip supporting plate.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of. the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, to the drawings provide a :whipsocket 1 which maybe and preferablyis of a cylindrical formation. A main supporting disk 2 is socket inspaced relation to the bottom thereof. A whip supporting plate3 desirably. of a circular conformation has spaced paralleliarn'ls 4 depending from opposite sides thereof and rigidly connected in any suitableunanner to the diskjZ to supportthe plate 3 in spaced relation with the disk. The plate is also provided atdiainetrically opposite points on itsperipherv with recesses 5 while a sleeve 6. has its upper end serrated. to provide teeth 7 for engagement with the handle end of the whip 8, slotted ears 9 depending from diametrically opposite points ofthe sleeve so as to pass through the recesses and. allow the whip and sleeve to be supported onthc plate 3. c

Now, in. order to releasablyihold or look theiwhip within the socket, I have provided my improved triangular support generally. designated by the numeral 10 which has vertically spaced flanges 11 extending in spaced parallel relation 1 110111 the vertex thereof. =Pivotally supported between the flanges 11 bymeans of a suitable pin 12 are the sides or flanges are provided withoppositely disposed diagonally extending openings 18 for supporting the pointed ends 15 and guiding the lugs through the slotted ears 9 when the whip is Within the socket.

F or the purpose of adjusting the locking means to consequently removably hold or anchor the Whip within the socket, I have provided my improved adjusting screw 19, the said screw being mounted in'a corresponding central openingin the disk 2 and having the outer end reduced as indicated by the numeral 20 and rovided with a shoulder upon which rests t e intermediate portion of the support 10, the reduced end 20 being rotatably mounted in an opening in the said intermediate portion while a retaining ele-' ment 21 is rigidly connected to the reduced end subsequent to the arrangement of the intermediate portion of the support 10 thereabout. The opposite end of the screw '19 is reduced and squared as indicated by the numeral 22 and is removably engageable by the recessed end 23 of a suitable key 24 insertible in an opening 25 in the bottom of the socket. Incidentally a spacing ring 26 may be arranged about the screw and supported on the disk to consequently prevent the lugs from falling out of the recesses, although by varying the di mensions I can obviate the employment of this ring.

The operation of this invention may be reviewed as follows Assuming that the handle end of the whip carrying the sleeve 6 is inserted in the socket so as to rest on the plate 3 and the ears 9 are arranged in the recesses 5, in order to lock the whip in position it is only necessary to insert the key 24 through the open ing 25 and engage the squared end 22 and rotate the key so as to raise the screw 19. Inasmuch as the support 10 is raised with the screw and by reason of the fact that the lugs 13 are supported in the guiding openings 15 when the support is raised the said lugs will be forced through the openings and through the slotted ears 9 which are arranged in alinement therewith and be finally anchored in the inner bore or surface of the socket 1 to consequently preventan unauthorized person from surreptitiously removing the whip. Of course the key 24 can be removed and kept by the driver.

When releasing the whip it is only necessary to place the key in position to rotate the screw 19 in an opposite direction which will draw the lugs back 'to their former position. 7

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently.

inner end thereof, 'andears extending from the inner end of the sleeve, a socket, a supporting disk mounted in the socket, a plate bination with aiwhip, a sleeve'carried by the supported in spaced relation on the disk and provided on' its outer periphery with oppositely, disposed recesses-for receiving the ears to allow the whip to rest on the plate, locking means, and means for adjusting the locking means to removablyanchor the ears to the socket.

2. A'whip' socket lock including in combination with a Whip, a sleeve carried ,by the innerend thereof,,and ears extending from they inner end of the sleeve, a socket, a supporting disk mounted inthe socket, 'means for supporting the whip within the socket,

pivotally mounted locking members in the socket, means for supporting the'outer ends of the locking members and for guiding them when actuated, and means foractuating the locking members to force them through the' ears and removably anchor them in the socket to retain the whip within the socket.

3. A whip socket lock including in' combination with a whip, a sleeve carried by the inner end thereof, and ears extending from the inner endof the sleeve, a socket, a supporting disk mounted on the socket, means for supporting the whip within the socket, a triangular support, lockinglugs pivotally mounted in the triangular support, means for supporting the outer ends of the looking lugs and for guiding them during movement, an adjusting screw mounted in the anchor them in the socket to prevent the 13 withdrawal of the whip, and a key removably associated witlrthe screw for actuating the screw.

1. A whipsocket lockincluding, in com- *binatiom-a member to be securedto a whip "lugs connected to the adjusting screw,

means for guiding the lockin lugs during movement, and a key remove 1y associated with the adjusting screw for moving the locking lugs in the slots of said ears, whereby the whip is anchored in the socket. :0

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD KURTH. Witnesses H. G. DmRKs, A. O. NELSON.

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